Fairfax Jr. High is a 5-8 school.

It serves grades 5-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Fairfax Jr. High

Bakersfield · Kern County · Fairfax Elementary · Public

Public Kern County Fairfax Elementary → CDS 1563461…
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At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Fairfax Jr. High compares for families

What families should know about Fairfax Jr. High.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Abraham Lincoln Jr. High, Compton Junior High, Chipman Junior High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Fairfax Jr. High has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 641 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
641:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 641 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 304 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Kids show up: 12% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
11.8%
76 of 642 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Kern County median
19.2% · school is better than 79% of 70 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
589 (2018)641 (2026)
+8.8%

If this trend holds (+0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~646 +5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~656 +15 $0
5 yr (2031) ~666 +25 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Your similar-school group includes

Abraham Lincoln Jr. High · Compton Junior High · Chipman Junior High · O. J. Actis Junior High · Sequoia Jr. High · Fred L. Thompson Junior High · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Kern County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

88% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
87.9%
573 of 652 students

79 of 652 students who enrolled at Fairfax Jr. High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 71st percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 47th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (627) 88.7%
Hispanic / Latino (590) 89.0%
English learners (202) 84.2%
Students w/ disabilities (97) 87.6%
White (22) 68.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Abraham Lincoln Jr. High 76.4% Compton Junior High 82.7% Chipman Junior High 87.8% O. J. Actis Junior High 80.3% Sequoia Jr. High 82.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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